Ryan Gosling remembers the life of his beloved dog George

By: Meaghan Wray

October 06, 2017

Ryan Gosling had to say goodbye to
his 17-year-old dog George earlier this year, and for the first time the actor
has opened up about the tremendous loss. During an interview on Oct 6’s episode
of
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the La La Land star reminisced about his
pooch, and recalled some of their best times together. “He was a good friend to
me,” said the actor, who wore George's dog tags around his neck.

George followed Ryan
everywhere. The canine spent many days chilling on set with the actor, bringing
some cheer to his long filming days. The 36-year-old joked that as George
started to age, he began to look like an aged rock star, “He was sort of
skinny-fat, had big hair and no teeth, open sores—but still sexy.”

Most recently, Ryan paid the sweetest tribute to George by wearing a t-shirt with his picture on it to do his sign off on Saturday Night Live on Sept 30.

George made a memorable appearance on The Tonight Show back in 2011.

According to the Golden Globe winner, George didn’t really
see himself as a dog at all, “It’s funny to say ‘dog’ because I feel like there
was something about George where he felt like being a dog was beneath him,” Ryan
explained candidly to Ellen. “He would not do tricks. If you wanted him to even
sit down you had to kind of convince him it was in his best interest.”

It’s no secret that the talk show host is a huge fan of
animals, having lived a vegan lifestyle for many years and rescuing three dogs
with her wife
Portia de Rossi. Naturally, she had
to press Ryan to see if he’d be getting another dog for his family of four,
“We’ll see,” he said with a shrug.

Only time will tell if Ryan and
Eva Mendes decide to bring a furry friend into the lives of
daughters
Esmeralda, 3, and
1-year-old
Amada. If they do, they
can expect to have a bilingual pet. The actor shared with
Ellen that his daughters will speak English and Spanish, “They
speak Spanish, it’s kind of a Spanglish right now. My youngest is one and a
half, so she’s not speaking Spanish yet.”

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